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Definition of Slither
1. Verb. To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly. "The girls slither the wooden sticks"; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Also: Slide By, Slide Down
Derivative terms: Slider
Definition of Slither
1. v. i. To slide; to glide.
Definition of Slither
1. Verb. To move about smoothly and from side to side. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To slide ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slither
1. to slide from side to side [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slither
Literary usage of Slither
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Derby by Stephen Glover (1829)
"... slither, or indestructible and barren lime-rubble on its sides; a prodigious
large «pring at Middleton. Brook-bottom Dale, N NW of ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The preference of the slither over the pivot mechanism is of considerable interest.
The pivoting species is depicted as 13. If we (a) focus attention on the ..."
3. A Word a Day, Grades 1-3 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Susan Rose Simms, Sarita Chavez Silverman, Evan-Moor Corporation (2002)
"slither verb When you slither, you move with a sliding motion. physician noun A
... We watched the snake slither up and over the rock on its belly. ..."
4. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1884)
"I remain, yours obediently, " R. slither." The messenger that brought this note
had been ordered to wait for an answer. The name of the writer being ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"slither, a slide. " Hi, lads, let's hev a slither" slither, to slip. " She slithered
away, like the snaw i' the street. ..."
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